A general election (Spanish: Elecciones generales de Honduras de 1993) was held in Honduras on 27 November 1993. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
Spanish or Castilian is a Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in the Americas and Spain. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. In the past, it was sometimes referred to as "Spanish Honduras" to differentiate it from British Honduras, which later became modern-day Belize. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 10 March 1991. The result was a victory for the Nationalist Republican Alliance, which won 39 of the 84 seats. Voter turnout was 44.7%.
General elections were held in Honduras to elect a president and parliament on 30 November 1997. They were also the first elections in which the left wing Democratic Unification Party was allowed to stand.
A general election was held in Honduras on November 24, 1985. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
A general election was held in Honduras on 26 November 1989. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
A legislative election was held in Honduras on 20 April 1980. The people elected 71 deputies to the Constituent Assembly.
A general election was held in Honduras on March 28, 1971. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
A legislative election was held in Honduras on 16 February 1965. The people elected 64 deputies to the Constituent Assembly.
A legislative election was held in Honduras on 22 September 1957. The people elected 58 deputies to the Constituent Assembly.
A legislative election was held in Honduras on 7 October 1956. The people elected 58 deputies to the Constituent Assembly.
A general election was held in Honduras on 10 October 1954. The elections took place, with relative honesty.
A general election was held in Honduras on 10 October 1948. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
A general election was held in Honduras on 28 October 1932. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
A presidential election was held in Honduras on 28 March 1936.
A general election was held in Honduras on 28 October 1928. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
A general election was held in Honduras on 28–30 December 1924. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
General elections were held in Honduras between 26 and 28 October 1919. Rafael López Gutiérrez of the Liberal Party won the presidential election with 81% of the vote.
General elections were held in Honduras between 27 and 29 October 1923. Tiburcio Carías Andino won the presidential election with 47.1% of the vote. However, as no candidate had received an absolute majority in the public vote, Congress would vote on the candidates. However, Congress did not meet again until 1 January the following year. In December President Rafael López Gutiérrez declared a state of siege, suspended the constitution, and announced that he would remain in office in order to keep the peace. Although Congress was dominated by the two liberal parties, they did not want Carías, but also could not agree on a common candidate.
A general election was held in Nicaragua on November 4, 1984, to elect a president and parliament. Approximately 1.2 million Nicaraguans voted, representing a 75% turnout, with 94% of eligible voters registered. Impartial observers from international groupings such as the European Economic Community, religious groups sent to monitor the election, and observers from democratic nations such as Canada and the Republic of Ireland concluded that the elections were completely free and fair.
General elections were held in Nicaragua to elect a president and National Congress of Nicaragua on 2 February 1947.
A general elections were held in Nicaragua to elect a President, half of the Deputies and 1/3 of the Senators of the National Congress of Nicaragua on 8 December 1936.
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↑ Elections in the Americas: a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.416.
↑ Elections in the Americas: a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.412.
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